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| 1680 |
| | | John Bunyan publishes The Life and Death of Mr Badman, an allegory of a misspent life that is akin to a novel | |
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| c. 1680 |
| | | Ireland becomes the first European region in which the potato is an important food crop | |
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| 1680 |
| | | A comet intrigues Edmund Halley, who works out that it has been around before | |
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| 1680 |
| | | A private estate on the West Field corner of Hounslow Heath comprising 12 acres of land and a substantial house becomes known as Whitton Park. | |
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| 1681 |
| | | The Canal du Midi is completed in France, including at one point a 160-metre tunnel through high ground | |
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| 1681 |
| | | A professional ballet company in Paris introduces female dancers and the world's first prima ballerina, Mlle de Lafontaine | |
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| 1681 |
| | | Charles II grants William Penn the charter for the region that becomes Pennsylvania, in settlement of a debt to Penn's father | |
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| 1682 |
| | | John Bunyan publishes The Holy War, an allegory of the devil laying siege to the human soul | |
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| 1682 |
| | | Robert de la Salle travels down the Mississippi to its mouth and claims the entire region for France, naming it Louisiana | |
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| 1682 |
| | | William Penn approves the Great Law, allowing complete freedom of religious belief in Pennsylvania | |
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